{"product_id":"forces-of-destiny-psychoanalysis-and-human-idiom","title":"Forces of Destiny: Psychoanalysis and Human Idiom","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristopher Bollas is one of the most expressive and eloquent exponents of the ideas, meanings and experience of psychoanalysis currently writing. He has a real gift for taking the reader into the fine texture of the psychoanalytic process. \u003ci\u003eForces of Destiny \u003c\/i\u003eexamines and reflects on one of the most fundamental questions - what is it that is unique about us as individuals? How does it manifest itself in our personalities, our lives, relationships and in the psychoanalytic process?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on classical notions of 'fate' and 'destiny' and Winnicott's idea of the true self, Bollas develops the concept of 'the human idiom' to explore and show how we work out - both creatively and in the process of analysis - the 'dialectics of difference'. In particular he reflects on how the patients may use particular parts of the psychoanalyst's personality to express their own idiom and destiny drive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eForces of Destiny \u003c\/em\u003ewas Bollas' second book. His first, \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow of the Object \u003c\/i\u003e(1987), was described by the reviewer in the \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Psycho-Analysis \u003c\/i\u003eas a 'unique and remarkable book. I think of it as one of the most interesting and important new books on psychoanalysis which I have read in the last decade.' \u003cem\u003eForces of Destiny\u003c\/em\u003e confirmed his position as one of the most important, thoughtful and engaging psychoanalytic writers.　\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith a new preface from Christopher Bollas, \u003ci\u003eForces of Destiny \u003c\/i\u003eremains a classic of psychoanalytic literature, appealing to psychoanalysts as well as readers in art history, literature, philosophy, and cultural studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51939484106983,"sku":"9781138692008","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_89a7b680-dd44-4e6b-b8a7-1abe9a3bc1f5.jpg?v=1775106508","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/forces-of-destiny-psychoanalysis-and-human-idiom","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}